My Musing

Originally when I thought about my expectations on Wednesday, I thought about stuff like an organized shop and respect from the students. I see now that these are not things that I should be expecting on my first day on the job, these things are what I have to either earn or achieve. I can not be expecting that I will walk into a well run shop where all I have to do is step in and carry on. From what I have seen and heard from teachers is that a new shop teacher has to work extremely hard to achieve that well run shop most of the time. This could be from a teacher that you are replacing let the shop go to ruins or you might be starting a new course. Whatever the reason for it, the first couple of years will more than likely be very time consuming.

My expectations walking into a new job are very few. I expect that I will have a place to put down my coffee and given a chance to apply most of my thoughts and ideas with regard to my course where appropriate. That’s it. As a new teacher I will not say no to a job opportunity and will make the best out of any situation possible. The jobs where you have no where but up to go with a course can give you more creative ideas about how to rebuild and gives you greater flexibility on the direction of the program. My expectations list will more than likely get longer as I progress in my teaching career, but at the moment I don’t feel that I have earned any right to expectations.